knirirr Posted October 18, 2025 Posted October 18, 2025 Does anyone know of any shops which aren't too far (perhaps an hour's drive) from North or West Oxfordshire? A persistent case of GAS for a Jaguar or Jazzmaster continues to be a nuisance, and I would rather try before buying. Had this been a year ago I'd have gone to PMT, or made use of the ability to order from them and return any unsuitable items to their Oxford shop. Anderton's looks like the ideal place but a trip there would take up most of a rare free weekend, and I know that the traffic around that area is quite busy at weekends. Going into the centre of Birmingham doesn't look like much fun either.
knirirr Posted Wednesday at 14:58 Author Posted Wednesday at 14:58 In the end I was able to bag a nice Japanese Fender, which is now having some work done on it. 1
ezbass Posted Wednesday at 15:08 Posted Wednesday at 15:08 10 minutes ago, knirirr said: In the end I was able to bag a nice Japanese Fender, which is now having some work done on it. Pics when it’s returned please.
knirirr Posted Wednesday at 15:24 Author Posted Wednesday at 15:24 14 minutes ago, ezbass said: Pics when it’s returned please. That is indeed my plan. In addition to some fret and electronics work a new plate on the front should be involved. 1
knirirr Posted 20 hours ago Author Posted 20 hours ago Returned today, with a partial refret, new plate, and setup with flatwound 12s. 1
ezbass Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago Nice. I see it has a Mustang bridge, a sensible upgrade from the standard, threaded affair.
knirirr Posted 4 hours ago Author Posted 4 hours ago 3 hours ago, ezbass said: Nice. I see it has a Mustang bridge, a sensible upgrade from the standard, threaded affair. Interesting - I had not noticed that. Amusingly, the tech mentioned that though he is a Gibson man he has often coveted Jaguars when they've come in, and whilst dealing with this he finally succumbed to the GAS and ordered a Fender custom shop model. Apparently, according to what I have read, they were originally meant to be a luxury model to poach Gibson's customers. 1
ezbass Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I’ve learnt pretty all I know about Fender offset guitars from Mike Adam’s, AKA puisheen, on YouTube and Instagram. 1
